The scholars from whom I’ve learned as much as I have learned from Thomas Sowell are very few in number.

But on some issues I disagree with Sowell deeply. I believe, for example, that he too-readily accepts pop-conservative criticisms of “judicial activism.” Even more importantly, I disagree strongly with Sowell’s opposition to more open immigration. Mysteriously – for, to me, it is exactly that: a deep mystery – Sowell musters only very weak economic and ethical arguments in opposition to more-open immigration.